Window shade and curtain support.



V. C. AYERS.

WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, 1915.

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tain Supports, of which the following is a Specification.

This invention relates to improvements in' window shade and curtain supports.

In carrying out the present invention, 1t

is my purpose to provide awindow shade and curtain support which may be stamped from sheet metal andi 'which may be ad: justed to any size window frame and quickly and securely attached thereto and whereby the window shade and curtain may beheld in proper relative positions.

It is also my purpose .to improve and simplify the general constructionof window shade and curtain supports and to provide a device which-may be manufactured with a minimum of material and at small cost and which will be light, strong and durable in construction.

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists inthe construction,

. combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth in and falling within theenablmg the curtains to be strung along the scope of theclaim.

In thev accompanying drawing; Figure 1- is a fragmentary perspective view of awindow frame equipped with a shade and cur-/ tain support constructed in accordance with my present invention. Fig. 2 is anend view of the support removed from the window frame. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the hue '33' of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of one of the blanks.

Referring now to. the drawing in detail,

;1 designates a window frame of suitable rib 7. One end portion of-the section 4 is placed in face to face contact with the slotted end portion of the section 5 and the lower edge of the section 4 is engaged by the rib 7, while formed in said end of the section Specification of Letters Patent.

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. Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

application area June 18, 1915. Serial No. 34,937.

4 is an aperture registering with the slot 6 and through the alining aperture and slot 1s passed a headed bolt 8 equipped with a nut. By means of this construction, it will be seen that the bar 3 may be lengthened and shortened in accordance with the width of the window frame to which the'device is to be applied. The outer ends of the bar 3 are stamped to form outwardly projecting arms 9'respectively and each arm 9 is arranged at right angles to the bar and parallel with the other arm. Slidably mounted upon each arm 9 is a curtain rod holding plate 10 havmg the longitudinal edges thereof at one end portion bent upon themselves to form retaining flanges 11 embracing the longitudinal edges of the arms 9 and stamped from the plate 10 between the flanges 11 is a tongue 12 projecting through a slot 13 formed in the adjacent arm 9, the tongue .12 and slot 13 serving to'limit the sliding movement of the plate 10 along the arm. Formed in the outer end portion of the plates 10 are horizontally alining openings 14 respectively adapted to receive the curtain pole, while formed in the lower edges of the outer portions of the plates 10 contiguous to the openings 14 are slots 15 through which the curtains carried by the pole may pass, thereby full length of the pole.

Formed on the outer ends of the bar 3 above the arms 9 are upwardly projecting straps 1.6 respectively, each arranged at an acute angle to-the bar and having the upper end thereof bent rearwardly as at 17 and then downwardly as at 18' to embrace the upper edge of the window frame, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. Also formed on each end of the bar 3 and projecting outwardly therefrom in a horizontal plane below the adjacent arm 9 is a securing strap 19 bent backwardly' as at 20-and then inwardly as at 21 to embrace the side edge of the window frame, as shown in Fig. 1. Owing to the arrangement of the straps 16 with respect to the bar 3 and of the straps 19 relatively to the straps 16, it will be seen that the straps exert a gripping action upon the frame of the window under the weight of the shade and curtain on the sll port, thereby holding the support secure y upon the frame. The arms 9 are formed, respectively, with companion apertures and slots 22 and 23 adapted to receive the trunnions of the window shade.

While I have herein shown and described a one preferred form of my invention by way of illustration, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit or confine myself to the precise details of construction herein de scribed and delineated, as modification and variation may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

A window shade and curtain support formed from sheet metal stamped to provide a longitudinal bar, arms integral with the ends of said bar respectively and projecting outwardly therefrom at right angles thereto and formed with companion apertures and slots respectively designed to receive the "trunnions of the window shade, curtain rod supporting plates slidably mounted upon said arms respectively and each'having the longitudinal edges thereof at therear end portion bent upon themselves to embrace the longitudinal edges of the adjacent .arm and the forward end portion formed with an opening alinin with the opening in the other plate to receive the curtain pole and with a slot contiguous to the bottom of the opening through which the curtain may pass, straps formed on the ends of said bar respectively above said arms and disposed at acute angles to the bar and having the upper ends thereof bent backwardly and then downwardly to em-' 

